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Drenthe pronunciation (help· info) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. The capital city is Assen. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and Germany (districts of Emsland and Bentheim) to the east. Download high resolution version (800x948, 116 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Netherlands Provinces of the Netherlands List of subnational entities List of islands of the Netherlands Ranked list of Dutch provinces Category:Maps of the Netherlands Categories: GFDL images ... Image File history File links 026_Drenthe. ... Assen railway station Assen ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. ... Flag of Overijssel Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. ... Capital Leeuwarden Queens Commissioner drs. ... The flag of Groningen Groningen is the northeast province of the Netherlands with a typical dialect (Gronings) with regional nuances. ... Emsland is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Bentheim (in full Grafschaft Bentheim (County of Bentheim)) is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...

History

Drenthe, unlike many other parts of the Netherlands, has always been a sparsely populated rural area. Other parts of the Netherlands didn't really see this “territory” as a part that belonged to the rest of the Netherlands but more like “wasteland”. This “wasteland”, however, has been populated by people since prehistory, albeit by just a handful. Most tangible evidence of this are the dolmens (hunebedden) built around 3500 BC, 53 of the 54 dolmens in the Netherlands can be found in Drenthe, concentrated in the northeast of the province. Drenthe was first mentioned in a document from the year 820, it was called Pago Treanth (district Drenthe). In archives from "Het Drents Archief" from 1024 to 1025 the "county Drenthe" is mentioned. Poulnabrone dolmen in County Clare, Ireland For the French TV miniseries, see Dolmen (TV miniseries). ... T shaped Hunebed D27 in Borger-Odoorn, Netherlands, recent. ... (36th century BC - 35th century BC - 34th century BC - other centuries) (5th millennium BC - 4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC) Events ? - Formation of the Sahara Desert 3450 (?) - Stage IId of the Naqada culture in Egypt Significant persons Inventions, discoveries, introductions ? _ Irrigation in Egypt ? - First use of Cuneiform (script) Categories... Events Michael II succeeds Leo V as Byzantine Emperor The Historia Brittonum is written (approximate date) Births Rhodri Mawr (the Great), ruler of Gwynedd (Wales) (approximate date) Photius I, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date) Deaths December 24: Leo V, Byzantine Emperor (assassinated) Shankara, Hinduist teacher Tang Xian Zong, emperor of... This article is about the year. ... Events April 18 - Boleslaw I Chrobry is crowned as the first king of Poland. ...

After long being subject to the bishops of Utrecht, Drenthe came under the control of Charles V in the 16th century. When the Republic of the Seven United Provinces was declared, Drenthe became part of it, although it did not gain provincial status until January 1, 1796. Topics in Christianity Movements Â· Denominations Ecumenism Â· Preaching Â· Prayer Music Â· Liturgy Â· Calendar Symbols Â· Art Â· Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul Â· Church Fathers Constantine Â· Athanasius Â· Augustine Anselm Â· Aquinas Â· Palamas Â· Wycliffe Tyndale Â· Luther Â· Calvin Â· Wesley Arius Â· Marcion of Sinope Pope Â· Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box: This article is about... Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. ... Charles V (24 February 1500 â€“ 21 September 1558) was ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands (1506-1555), King of Spain (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily (1516-1554), Archduke of Austria (1519-1521), King of the Romans (or German King), (1519-1556 but did not formally abdicate until 1558) and... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... This article is about the Dutch United Provinces. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1796 (MDCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, the Dutch government built a camp near the town of Westerbork to accommodate German (Jewish) refugees. Ironically, during the Second World War, the German occupiers used the camp (which they named KZ Westerbork) as a "Durchgangslager". Many Dutch Jews, Sinti, Roma, resistance combatants and political adversaries were imprisoned before being transferred to other camps in Germany and Poland. Anne Frank was deported on the last train from Westerbork. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This article is about the concentration camp. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Annelies Marie Anne Frank ( ) (June 12, 1929 â€“ early March, 1945) was a European Jewish girl (born in Germany, stateless since 1941, but she claimed to be Dutch as she grew up in the Netherlands) who wrote a diary while in hiding with her family and four friends in Amsterdam during... This article is about the concentration camp. ...

Politics

The provincial council (Provinciale Staten) has 51 seats, and is headed by the Queen's Commissioner, currently Relus ter Beek. While the provincial council is elected by the inhabitants, the Commissioner is appointed by the Queen and the cabinet of the Netherlands. With 19 seats, the social democratic PvdA is the largest party in the council. The daily affairs of the province are taken care of by the Gedeputeerde Staten, which are also headed by the Commissioner; its members (gedeputeerden) can be compared with ministers. There are two levels of local government in The Netherlands, the provinces and the municipalities. ... Aurelus Louis (Relus) ter Beek (born January 18, 1944 in Coevorden) is the current Queens Commissioner of the Dutch province Drenthe. ... For the Belgian political party of the same name, see Partij van de Arbeid (Belgium). ...

Municipalities

Due to reorganisations in the 1990s, the number of municipalities in Drenthe has been reduced to twelve. Most municipalities therefore now consist of several towns and villages. For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Aa en Hunze is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Assen railway station Assen ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. ... Borger-Odoorn is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Coevorden ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands. ... De Wolden is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Emmen is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Hoogeveen is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Meppel ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the northeast of the Netherlands, in the south-west of the province Drenthe. ... Midden-Drenthe is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Noordenveld is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Tynaarlo is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Westerveld is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ...

Geography

Besides the capital Assen, Emmen, Meppel and Hoogeveen are the major urban centres of the province. Drenthe, consisting mostly of heathland, has no significant rivers or lakes. Assen railway station Assen ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. ... Emmen is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Meppel ( (helpÂ· info)) is a municipality and a city in the northeast of the Netherlands, in the south-west of the province Drenthe. ... Hoogeveen is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ...

Economy

Agriculture is an important employer, although industrial areas are found near the cities. The quietness of the province is also attracting a growing number of tourists.

Drents

Drenthe has its own dialect named after the province, but each town or village has its own version. A dialect (from the Greek word Î´Î¹Î¬Î»ÎµÎºÏ„Î¿Ï‚, dialektos) is a variety of a language characteristic of a particular group of the languages speakers. ...

Emmen is either: Emmen, a town/municipality in the Netherlands Emmen, a town/municipality in Lucerne, Switzerland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

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Provinces of the Netherlands

Drenthe • Flevoland • Friesland • Gelderland • Groningen • Limburg • North Brabant • North Holland • Overijssel • South Holland • Utrecht • Zeeland Fietsvierdaagse (bicycle four-days) is a Dutch bicycle event. ... The modern day Netherlands are divided into twelve provinces (provincies in Dutch), listed below with their capital city: Map of the Netherlands, with provinces and capital cities See also the ranked list of Dutch provinces // Structure A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Flevoland is a province of the Netherlands. ... Capital Leeuwarden Queens Commissioner drs. ... Capital Arnhem Queens Commissioner Clemens Cornielje Religion (1999) Protestant 31% Catholic 29% Area â€¢ Land â€¢ Water 4,975 kmÂ² (1st) 161 kmÂ² Population (2005) â€¢ Total â€¢ Density 1,970,865 (4th) 393/kmÂ² (6th) Inclusion {{{inclusion}}} Anthem Ons Gelderland ISO NL-GE Official website www. ... The flag of Groningen Groningen is the northeast province of the Netherlands with a typical dialect (Gronings) with regional nuances. ... Capital Maastricht Queens Commissioner L.J.P.M. (Leon) Frissen Religion (1999) Roman Catholic 80% Protestant 3% Area â€¢ Land â€¢ Water 2,153 kmÂ² (9th) 56 kmÂ² Population (2006) â€¢ Total â€¢ Density 1,131,938 (6th) 526/kmÂ² (4th) Inclusion 1839 Anthem In t Bronsgroen Eikenhout ISO NL-LI Official website... North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River (Maas) in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west. ... Capital Haarlem Queens Commissioner Mr. ... Flag of Overijssel Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. ... South Holland (Dutch Zuid-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country on the North Sea coast. ... Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. ... Capital Middelburg Queens Commissioner drs. ...

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